Rays Select Timothy Beckham with Top Pick in Draft
bizofbaseball.com 6/6/2008 — Timothy Beckham, considered to be an all-around five-tool player, was selected as the first pick in this year's First-Year player Draft. Beckham, out of Griffin High School, was ranked at the top of nearly every pre-draft report. The 6' 6", 188lbs shortstop adds yet another weapon for the Rays after seeing David Price flourish. The following are the rest of the top 5: Pedro Alvarez - ...

Who has the hotter fans: Cubs or Sox?
suntimes.com 6/6/2008 — Forget about who has the better team, that will be settled on the field — hopefully in late October. We want to know who has the hotter fans — Cubs or Sox.

VIDEO: Funny 1st Interview W/ Devil Rays #1 Pick
bugsandcranks.com 6/6/2008 — Our Devil Rays picked high school shortstop Tim Beckham with the first overall pick in the 2008 draft. Dude might need to polish his interviewing skills though.

VIDEO: Coco Crisp’s Post-Fight Crazy Talk
bugsandcranks.com 6/6/2008 — Almost everything Coco Crisp (or Coco Crips as his name is creatively mispelled on RedLasso) is wrong on many levels. Particularly about our Devil Rays “pulling his hair like little girls.” Watch the video and then we’ll compare notes. Crisp is laughing through the whole interview. Despite that he was sat on by Dioner “The Fat Catcher” Navarro, ....

More Draft Thoughts
minorleagueball.com 6/6/2008 — On the radio show today we have Jim Duquette in the first segment and Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus in the second segment, obviously to talk about the draft. Some thoughts.... Rumors in Kansas City strongly indicate that the Royals ...

Rays Make High School Shortstop No. 1 Pick — NYT > Baseball 6/6/2008
The Tampa Bay Rays selected Tim Beckham, a high school shortstop from Griffin, Ga., with the No. 1 pick in the amateur draft. >

Soto does it all for Cubs — FOXSports.com News for MLB 6/6/2008
Chicago backstop Geovany Soto is known for his big bat. But it's his all-around game that has the Cubs raving, Ken Rosenthal says.

Cubs visit Dodgers on FOX Saturday — Major League Baseball News 6/6/2008
Saturday at Dodger Stadium in the FOX Game of the Week at 12:55 p.m. PT, the Dodgers hope to turn their ship around, when they face the Cubs, who are looking to keep things rolling.

ON DECK: ROYALS AT YANKEES — NY Post: Sports 6/6/2008
An opportunity arrives at Yankees Stadium tonight (7:05, YES, WCBS). The Kansas City Royals (23-36), losers of a 11 straight on the road, come in for the start of a four-game series. The Yankees are come coming off a sloppy but emotional 9-8...

Second Beckham selected by Rays — Major League Baseball News 6/6/2008
Tim Beckham, the Rays' No. 1 overall pick, will get a chance to play with his older brother in the Minors after Tampa Bay selected Jeremy with the first pick of the 17th round, the 503rd overall, in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft on Friday.